 | Andrew McRae - 2002 - 356 lehte
...mode injected a crucial moral imperative into their arguments. The complaint morality of Isaiah 5.8 ('Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field . . .') was countered by that of Isaiah 2.4; the ploughman in the common fields was confronted by the... | |
 | Jacob W. Ehrlich - 2002 - 242 lehte
.... . "thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house" — unlawful acquisition is prohibited. Isaiah says "Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field until there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth." It must be assumed... | |
 | 2003 - 322 lehte
...that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay. Ecclesiastes 5:5. PROPERTY 7 Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field...they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth! Isaiah 5:8. (The Lord promises to lay desolate such grand estates.) 8 Set not thy heart upon thy goods.... | |
 | Florence Nightingale, Gérard Vallée - 2003 - 581 lehte
...at first, but afterwards the last state of that man will be worse than the first.119 "Woe unto them that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth."120 Alas, alas, poor Egypt! The governors have great difficulty in keeping the fellahs from... | |
 | Terry Tirrito, PhD, Toni Cascio, PhD - 2003 - 216 lehte
...to small farms and subsistence-wage labor. Isaiah (5:8) addressed this growing practice, declaring "Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no room and ye be made to dwell alone in the midst of the land." In addition, a merchant class began to... | |
 | Daniel G. Samuels - 2003 - 288 lehte
...foreclosures on loans, or even violent means. Thus did Isaiah warn the rulers and people of this practice: Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no room, and ye be made to dwell, alone in the midst of the land . . . Of a truth many houses shall be... | |
 | Stanley Lotegeluaki - 2004 - 667 lehte
...for righteousness, but behold a cry. The Lord condemns New York city and urban sprawl. Is 5:8-10 8. Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field...they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth! 9. In mine ears said the Lord of hosts. Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair,... | |
 | Walter Curtis Lichfield - 2005 - 626 lehte
...and he looked for judgment,, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry. 5:8 Woe uoto them that join house to house, (that) lay field to...they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth! 5:9 In mine ears (said) the Lord of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, (even) great and... | |
 | Finis Dunaway - 2005 - 271 lehte
...from Isaiah that is almost the basic theme of the book: 'Woe unto them that build house to house and lay field to field, till there be no place that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth.'" 46 A place to be alone in the midst of the earth: wanting to protect such places, Adams and Newhall... | |
 | Finis Dunaway - 2005 - 271 lehte
...from Isaiah that is almost the basic theme of the book: 'Woe unto them that build house to house and lay field to field, till there be no place that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth.'"46 A place to be alone in the midst of the earth: wanting to protect such places, Adams and... | |
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Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth... 
